A Spotted Sandpiper walks along next to reflective water.
Today's #BirdOfTheDay prompt is #speckled, and this #SpottedSandpiper is certainly that, as is its upside-down alternate-reality self.
#birds #photography #BirdPhotography #sandpiper #shorebird #wildlife #WildlifePhotography #nature #NaturePhotography
A Ring-billed Gull struts on the beach
#bird #birdoftheday #photography #blueskybirds #birdsofblueaky #seagull #shorebird #canonphotography #nature #edistobeach
💙🖤💚 Sandpiper preening in the surf #scrollbreak #shorebird #breathe
A cream-coloured courser casts its shadow on a ground of pebbly sand. The bird is orange brown with long spindly legs.
Good day to all. Happy Friday. For today’s #BirdOfTheDay of #grounded and (just about) the Alt theme #silhouettes&shadows
this very smart Cream-Cooured Courser on the desert floor #Birds #wildlifephotography #birdwatching #birdphotography #photography #nature #ECK #Shorebird #Wader
Grey-white bird (willet) with one leg caught mid-jump on beach with waves in background.
One-legged Willet on a Galveston beach
🪶 #birds #shorebird
A pair of avocets preening each other
Good day to all. For today’s #BirdOfTheDay theme of #MarriedCouples - These courting avocets #Birds #wildlifephotography #birdwatching #birdphotography #photography #nature #ECK #Shorebird #Wader
A Solitary Sandpiper walks through cloudy water near a riverbank. Its shadow and its reflection are both visible.
Todays #BirdOfTheDay prompt is #LandMeetsWater. This #SolitarySandpiper was in downright weird lighting conditions, and therefore, its shadow and its reflection were both visible. Well done, bird.
#birds #photography #BirdPhotography #sandpiper #shorebird #wildlife #WildlifePhotography
A kentish plover wading bird on a shoreline. The shore is littered wth green seed cases
Two little stint wading birds on a shoreline. The shore is littered wth green seed cases
Good day to all. For today’s #BirdOfTheDay theme of #LandMeetsWater - A pair of little stints, and a lovely kentish plover amongst the seed cases of a desert gourd edging an inland lake #Birds #wildlifephotography #birdwatching #birdphotography #photography #nature #ECK #Shorebird #Wader
The #Willet (Tringa semipalmata) is common #shorebird along North American beaches, mudflats, and salt marshes, they are loud, territorial #birds named for their piercing “pill-will-willet” song.
📍 Cape Canaveral, Florida, USA
🗓️ January 7, 2026
📸 Nikon D500 | 200-500mm
@mybirdcards.com @aba.org
Do you work with breeding shorebirds? Do you collect FID data? Do you have data already or collecting data this year?
We are seeking data contributors for a new project investigating the diversity of nest defence strategies across breeding shorebirds.
Get in touch if interested!
#wader #shorebird
Noticing this urban #Wader or #Shorebird refuge at #Cullercoats Oystercatchers, Redshank and Turnstone #Birds #Nature UK
The Black-bellied Plover (Pluvialis squatarola) is a large, migratory #shorebird that breeds in the Arctic and winters along coasts worldwide.
📍 Cape Canaveral, Florida, USA
🗓️ January 7, 2026
📸 Nikon D500 | 200-500mm lens
@mybirdcards.com @aba.org @abcbirds.bsky.social @audubon.org @nature.org
The global story of how a century-old #Yup’ik mask is illuminating #shorebird conservation today in Western Alaska and beyond.
Way beyond.
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#seagull #seagulls #bird #birds #birdphotography #photography #animal #animals #animalphotography #gull #gulls #seabird #seabirds #shorebird #shorebirds
A wide open Great Blue Heron for #BirdoftheDay #primarycolors
Olympia, WA 🪶
#ornithology #heron #blueheron #botd #olympia #olympiawa #olywa #birds #birder #pnw #birding #shorebird #nikon #naturalist #wildlife #nature #animals #birdphotography
New paper with @calonectris.bsky.social on Andean shorebirds phenology is out in Ecosphere @ecologicalsociety.bsky.social, where we combined citizen-science and field data to decipher nest timing of understudied species: esajournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/... #shorebird #bird #PhDstudy
Figure 1 Ursem (2026) Map of camera trap locations, with (A) the location of the Marker Wadden study area in the Netherlands; (B) a detailed overview of the studied area of the Marker Wadden, with red triangles (n = 6) indicating the sampling locations and the black arrows indicating the direction of the camera traps and the transects. The blue circle shows the position of the water level data-logger. (C) Ground image of the setup of one of the camera traps, with the transects indicated by the sticks.
New publication: #Shorebird responses to fine-scale water level #fluctuations and #macrofauna biomass in a newly constructed #freshwater #wetland.
doi.org/10.1111/rec....
#BirdOfTheDay theme for today is #BirdsInTheirElement. This Willet is patrolling the surf line. #shorebird #willet #wings #water #ocean #surf
Long Island seashore and a seagull starts its journey, lifting off from the edge of an old wood dock. Moody shorebird photograph copyright Amy Medina, DangRabbit Photography.
Along the shore, from the wood railing of a local pier, a gull takes flight on a gloomy day.
“Off to Shelter”
Prints: DangRabbit.com
#seagulls #birds #seagull #shorebird #birdinflight #birdphotography #photography #eastcoastkin
One of the few solitary Yellowlegs hunting the waters edge yesterday at Ridgefield NWR ... staying clear from the Dowitchers!
#shorebird #birds #wadingbirds #ridgefieldwa #wildlife #art #photography #birding #birdphotography #WestCoastKin #pnw #nature #wildlife #wildlifephotography #oiseaux #vögel
A very long legged black-winged stilt and a much smaller common sandpiper together on the edge of a water tank
Good Day All. My offering for today’s #BirdOfTheDay theme of #OddCouples, a black-winged stilt and its cousin a common sandpiper. A very mismatched couple. #Birds #wildlifephotography #birdwatching #birdphotography #canon #photography #nature #naturephotography #wader #shorebird
"The royal tern rushes toward you out of a soft, glowing sky, wings stretched wide like pale sails catching a gentle wind. Its body is slightly blurred by motion, giving the sense that it’s slicing through the air with purpose, yet wrapped in a kind of dreamlike hush. The background is a smooth wash of color—faint blue drifting into warm cream—so the bird seems suspended in open space, weightless and unhurried. Its beak is open mid‑call, a tiny flash of orange against the muted sky, and the symmetry of its wings creates a feeling of balance and grace. Even in motion, there’s a softness to the image, as if the moment were cushioned by light. It feels intimate, like the tern is flying straight out of the horizon and into your awareness, carrying a bit of the ocean’s quiet with it." - Microsoft Copilot
Whisper of a Tern
I’ve said before that a photograph doesn’t need to be perfect to be worth enjoying. ...
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#photo #photography #photographer #photographylovers #wildlife #nature #bird #birds #birding #birdwatching #birdphotography #shorebird #tern #royaltern
The sky is filled by flying barnacle geese. Their wing beats are blurred reflecting the sense of movement
Good Day All. My image for the #BirdOfTheDay alt theme of #blurred - this view of a large flock of barnacle geese, taken as they took off when disturbed by a tractor. #Birds #wildlifephotography #birdwatching #birdphotography #photography #nature #naturephotography #shorebird #geese #wildfowl
You don't want to be the furry mammal that this juvenile Great Blue Heron has its eyes firmly locked on....
#EverybodyEats
#sillybird #birding #pnw #birds #Heron #shorebird #birdwatching #birdphotography #pdx #wildlifephotography #art #blueskyartshow #eastcoastkin #wildlife #nature #vögel #bird
three blackwinged stilts in flight; their long pink legs trailing behind them. The birds are softly reflected in the water they are flying over
Good Morning All. My offering for today’s #BirdOfTheDay alt theme of #Black&White is this view of black-winged stilts. A very elegant bird. #Birds #wildlifephotography #birdwatching #birdphotography #photography #nature #naturephotography #shorebird #wader
"The image captures a laughing gull in mid-flight, its wings fully extended in a graceful arc. The bird’s body is streamlined, with its head slightly tilted forward and its black hood sharply contrasting against the white underparts and gray wings. Its beak, slender and slightly curved, points ahead like a compass needle. The gull’s flight feels deliberate and buoyant, suspended in a moment of motion that’s both powerful and serene. Behind the gull, the backdrop shifts to human terrain—a building with bold signage reading “SHARK SHACK BEACH BAR & GRILL.” The words “seafood + burger + beer” and “HAPPY HOUR 3–6PM DAILY” add a splash of casual coastal energy. The signage is slightly blurred, emphasizing the gull’s crisp silhouette and drawing attention to the contrast between wild flight and built environment. The photo credit, “Swede’s Photographs,” anchors the image in authorship, but the gull remains the sovereign subject—aloof, airborne, and unbothered by the buzz below." - Microsoft Copilot
Flight Past the Shark Shack
We were in Galveston, Texas a while back, and I found myself standing on a corner watching ...
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#photo #photography #photographer #photographylovers #wildlife #nature #bird #birds #birding #birdwatching #birdphotography #shorebird #gull #LaughingGull
Spring comes early when you're #wader #shorebird nut. 🙌
Another item in #Extinction News: Rising threats to the #Pacific #flyway, a major migration route. #Shorebird numbers are plummeting.
#environment @sfgate.com
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Today's #BirdOfTheDay theme is
#Winterlight #AmaricanWhiteIbis #ShoreBird #waterbird #birds #wildlife #photography #scape #nature #outdoors #thelittlethings #BlueSkyMonday
@robcrank68.bsky.social
@alan678.bsky.social
Blade Over Water "The image captures a Black Skimmer (Rynchops niger) in a moment of exquisite precision and grace. The bird is mid-flight, wings outstretched like twin blades slicing through the air—long, narrow, and sharply angled, with black upperparts and white undersides that shimmer against the rippled water below. Its most striking feature, the vivid orange-and-black bill, is open just enough for the elongated lower mandible to skim the water’s surface. This feeding technique—unique among North American birds—creates a subtle wake, a liquid signature trailing behind the bird like a calligraphic stroke. The water itself is textured with gentle ripples, reflecting soft light and movement, while the skimmer’s reflection flickers faintly beneath it. The bird’s head is slightly tilted downward, eyes focused, body taut with purpose. The composition is symmetrical and dynamic, emphasizing motion, balance, and the quiet drama of survival. The watermark “© Swede’s Photographs” rests unobtrusively in the top left corner, a quiet nod to the witness behind the lens." - Microsoft Copilot
Good morning. 🌊🐚🪸
18 January 2026
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#photo #photography #photographer #photographylovers #wildlife #nature #bird #birds #birding #birdwatching #birdphotography #morning #shorebird #BlackSkimmer #clutter
